Avida (2006)
Directed by Gustave de Kervern, Benoît Delépine

Comedy

Film Synopsis

A deaf and dumb man is being held prisoner in a garden shed belonging to a wealthy eccentric.  When the latter dies, the unfortunate captive escapes and joins up with a pair of drug addicts who trade in stolen pets.  An attempt to kidnap the dog of a buxom billionaire goes wrong and the three crooks end up having to satisfy their intended victim's every desire...
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Film Credits

  • Director: Gustave de Kervern, Benoît Delépine
  • Script: Gustave de Kervern, Benoît Delépine
  • Cinematographer: Hugues Poulain
  • Cast: Anselme (Le chanteur de faïence), Fernando Arrabal (Le picador suicidaire), Anne Benett (La nounou distraite), Beu (L'enfant), Jean-Claude Carrière (Le riche paranoîaque), Claude Chabrol (Le zoophile débonnaire), Marie-Françoise Comble (La coupeuse de langue), Julie Conte (La belle jeune fille), Velvet D'Amour (Avida), Gustave de Kervern (Le captif sourd muet), Robert Dehoux (L'armoire qui parle), Benoît Delépine (L'homme à la tete de scotch), Albert Dupontel (Le garde du corps maladroit), Emlesma (Le dieu de la fondue), Emma1212 (L'embrassée résistante), Rémo Forlani (L'inquiétant directeur), Jean-Pierre Galland (Le survivant), Benoît Jaubert (L'homme caché), Pierre Jean (Le tatoué ténébreux), Mathieu Kassovitz (Le producteur chanceux)
  • Country: France
  • Language: English / Spanish / French
  • Support: Black and White
  • Runtime: 83 min

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